WindowWidth

Description

Sets the width in pixels of the window to be opened. If no value is set, Windows will use a default size.

See also DisplayWidth and UpperLeftX.

Syntax

The variable is case sensitive.

WindowWidth = 100                    ' using a literal value in pixels
WindowWidth = int(DisplayWidth / 2)  ' as a proportion of the screen size
WindowWidth = mainWindowWidth        ' as the value of a variable in pixels

Hints

• Statements.
  • Statements for sizing and positioning a window must be made before the window is OPENed.
• Using DisplayWidth
  • This special variable contains the width of the display screen in pixels and is available to be used in the WindowWidth expression for sizing.
• Using a Variable.
  • You must declare the variable's value before using it in the sizing expression.

Example

'This example shows different ways to set your window size and position.
nomainwin
[openStatus]
    statusWindowHeight = int(DisplayHeight/3)

    WindowWidth = 600
    WindowHeight = statusWindowHeight
    UpperLeftX = int((DisplayWidth-WindowWidth)/2)
    UpperLeftY = 100

    statictext #stats.w "", 50, 75, 400, 25
    statictext #stats.h "", 50, 125, 400, 25

    open "Status Window" for window as #stats
    #stats "trapclose [quit]"

    #stats.w "Screen width is ";DisplayWidth

    #stats.h "Screen height is ";DisplayHeight
    wait
[quit]
    close #stats
    end

Useful Procedures

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